How to Format Your eBook Correctly for Kindle?

You will Need to Upload a Book Cover in an Acceptable Format To publish your title, you will also have to provide a book cover. You can upload the book cover you designed in a supported format. If you didn’t design a book cover beforehand, you can buy an online book Cover Creator by KDP. You can use this service to create a book cover that will work and be easy to make. That said, we don’t recommend using Content Creator. There is no replacement for a well-designed book cover by a professional graphic designer.

You Must Write a Book Description The last thing you need to do to publish your eBook on Amazon is writing the book description. As we discussed before, the book description is vital for getting readers to purchase your book instead of other similar books. Make sure that your book description is written like a sales pitch. However, be careful not to oversell your book in the description. Keep every sentence grounded and discuss the interest parts of your book.

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How to Format Your eBook Correctly for Kindle?

You have to format your eBook in a specific way for Kindle devices. This includes how the title page looks and how long the table of contents page is. To help you

make the most appropriate format for your eBook, we have provided a few guidelines below.

Make a Title Page The first you have to do is create the title page for your eBook. This includes the title of your eBook. Think of a catchy title, and an informative subtitle to follow it. We recommend that you come up with the final title after you write your eBook. This is because, at that point, you will know a lot more about what you’re writing about. This way, you’ll be able to think of a more appropriate title. Some writers create the title before they start writing because it gives their writing some direction. The title serves as a constant reminder of what topic the book is about. That said, you can use a well-formed argument to help you direct your writing. Your argument for your book should be one sentence long, and it should be the main point that your book is trying to make. Every sentence you write in your book should help you make that argument. We will discuss in detail how you can formulate an argument later in thisbook.

Add a Disclaimer to the Title Page Your eBook also needs a disclaimer. The disclaimer should be at the start of your eBook. You can write the disclaimer yourself if you know how to write it and what to add in it. If you are not sure how to write a disclaimer, you can use the disclaimer we have used in this eBook to give you an idea of what should be included.

Add the Two Main Parts of a Disclaimer in Your Book There are two important parts of a disclaimer. The first is the Copyright Statement, and the second is the phrase “All Rights Reserved.” There are optional details that you can add to your disclaimer. You could add the edition and your contact details. This way, other people can contact you if they want to borrow some of the content you have used in their work.

Keep Your DisclaimerShort Keep your disclaimer short. Don’t let it take up a lot of the white space on your title page. A long disclaimer may make your title page look ugly. Also, if you don’t want to write the disclaimer yourself, there are various free disclaimers you can use on the internet. However, you must ensure that the disclaimer you use is free and available for reuse.

Also, if you are using a disclaimer from the internet, make sure that you change the author’s name to your name. You must also change the year to the one in which you

are publishing your eBook. If you have written the book in one year and are publishing it the next, you must put the year you are publishing your book in. Therefore, make sure to check that detail when before you upload your book for publishing.

Create a Short Table of Contents for Your eBook Your next step is to create a short table of contents for your eBook. It will be difficult to make this before you write your eBook. This is because you won’t have the name of the chapters ready before you write the content. What you can do before you start is decide the number of chapters you want to include in your eBook. You can always add or remove a few chapters according to what’s appropriate for your book. Make sure that your table of contents is on a separate page. Also, the table of contents page should immediately follow the title page. To separate the two pages, insert a page break from your writing platform. A page break will ensure that the table of contents begins on a new page and from the top of that page. If you are using Microsoft Word to write your book, click the “Insert” tab at the top of the menu. You will find the option labeled “page break” under the “Insert” tab. Click the option, and your content will start on a new page. Make sure that the text cursor is in the correct position before you select the “page break” option. The page breaks wherever the text cursor is placed. You can also use a keyboard shortcut to insert a page break. Press the Ctrl button and the Enter button simultaneously to insert a page break. Keyboard shortcuts are convenient, and they don’t interrupt your writing flow.

Write the Titles of the Chapters after Writing the Book Finalize the titles of the chapters after you have written every one of them. This is because you’ll know what content each chapter contains. Thus, you will know what title is the most appropriate for each chapter.

Keep Your Table of Contents to One Page You must make sure that your table of contents comes on one page only. For a Kindle eBook, the table of contents shouldn’t stretch onto the next page. Therefore, you have to ensure that your book doesn’t have too many chapters – more chapters mean that the table of contents will be longer.

In addition to that, make sure that the titles of your chapters aren’t too wordy (especially if you have a lot of chapters). The titles of your chapters should fit in one line. This way, you can have more chapters in your table of contents. However, the length of your titles shouldn’t be a problem if your book has only a few chapters. You just have to remember that your table of contents should fit on one page.

Insert a Table of Contents from Your Writing Software If you are using Microsoft Word to write your eBook, you can add a table of contents by clicking the “References” tab. Under that heading, you’ll see an option that says “Table of Contents.” Click that to check out the available options for inserting a table of contents in your book. It also offers you the option to create your custom table of contents.

We recommend that you make a custom table of contents. This is because you will be able to create one that only has “Heading 1” titles on the list. This will keep your table of contents short. The preset table of contents in Microsoft Word usually contains Headings 1, 2, and 3. You can limit the number of headings in your table of contents in Microsoft Word by selecting the “Insert Table of Contents” option instead of the “Built-In” options. The former option allows you to customize the table of contents to your preferences. After you select the “Insert Table of Contents” option, a small window box will open. At the bottom-left of the window, there will be a “general” section. Under that section, there will be an option called “show levels.” This option will allow you to change the number of headings you want to include in your table of contents. The default is 3; you must change that to 1. Once you have changed that, select the “OK” option to create the table of contents.

Hyperlink the Table of Contents Considering your book is going to be read on the Kindle device, you should hyperlink your table of contents. A hyperlink is when a word or phrase in the text can redirect you to another part of the text or webpage outside of the text. Hyperlink the chapters in the table of contents to redirect the reader to the page of the chapter. This is a convenient and necessary feature to have in Kindle eBooks. If you are using Microsoft Word, you can hyperlink your table of contents by creating a custom one in your manuscript. Follow the same steps we provided above (i.e., selecting the “Insert Table of Contents” option). Once the window box option opens, you will see two options with checkboxes beside them. These options are just below the “print preview” box and just above the “general” section. The two options are: “show page numbers” and “right align page numbers.” You must uncheck both of these options.

After you uncheck the two-page number options in the “Insert Table of Contents” window box, check the “use hyperlinks instead of page numbers” option. You’ll find this option under the “web preview” section. After selecting the hyperlink option, select “OK” at the bottom of the window to create a table of contents.

Considering you can’t edit the format of the table of contents once it is made, you should select the number of headings and the hyperlink option at the same time. Once all the settings are correct, create the table of contents.

Place Your Lead Magnet at the Start and End of Your eBook The next step is to place your free book (which is your lead magnet, in this case) at the start and end of your eBook. A lead magnet is a marketing offer in which customers can avail of free merchandise before they purchase the actual product. It is commonly used in the eBook industry, in which one book (or a section of the book) is free for consumers. The lead magnet is used to provide readers with a good incentive to consume aparticular product. Therefore, you should make your readers aware of your lead magnet by including it in your eBook. You can offer a free book to readers who subscribe to your newsletter.

Self-Promote by Adding a Section at the Back of the Book Use your eBooks to promote your other works as well. If you are writing your first eBook, you can advertise your social media accounts instead. You must make social media pages before you publish your book. A social media presence will help fans get in touch with you and be aware of whatever work you have planned for the future. Therefore, you must be active on your social media pages. Promote your work and put up posts about your works in progress. This way, your followers will know that there’s more content coming their way. You can also tease a book cover for your next book when that’s ready.